Malaysia Airlines searchers say more pings consistent with black boxes The Australian official said that a search ship had detected more signals consistent with those emitted from aircraft cockpit voice and flight...

Fears Australia blazes could merge Map of Lithgow New South Wales Australia Bushfires in New South Wales could merge to form a massive blaze, the fire commissioner has said as teams battle fires across the state

The quake caused widespread damage and several power outages, particularly in the city of Christchurch.
The epicentre was 40 kilometers west of Christchurch. The hypocentre was at a shallow depth of 10 km

Some people died in their cars trying to escape the fires. Some of the fires in the state of Victoria were started deliberately. The Victorian bushfires are a series of bushfires that were ignited on 7 February 2009, resulting in Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire. Ov...